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Why financial inclusion for youth will raise all economic boats

Groups fighting for financial inclusion and youth employment united in Morocco. Will their findings promote progress?

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What Arab youth still want: jobs

Arab youth know what caused the uprisings a year ago. What they want to know is how their day-to-day lives will improve once the fanfare of elections subsides.

Is Islamic finance a viable alternative to our present model? Photo: <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/askpang/2423632175/sizes/m/in/photostream/">Alex Pang (Flickr)</a>

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The Islamic financial system's ancient, interesting idea: Banning interest

As the Islamic finance sector booms, sharia-compliant systems present opportunities for growth as well as reflection on western economic models.

Protesters wave Egypt's flag. Photo: <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/caitelle/5403613016/sizes/m/in/photostream/">C. Elle (flickr)</a>

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Turning Arab Spring youth opinions into data - and change

This story was republished in The Christian Science Monitor.

Declaring Internet access a human right would dilute the rights that matter more, says Internet pioneer Vint Cerf. Photo: <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Vint_Cerf_-_2010.jpg">Veni Markovski (Wikimedia)</a>

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Internet inventor: Poor people deserve livelihoods, not websites

Get real: The Internet isn't a human right.

Swarms of protests have taken place in Egypt over the last several days. Photo: <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/aljazeeraenglish/5387535965/">Al Jazeera English (flickr)</a>

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Tunisia, and Now Egypt?

Twitter, Facebook, Myspace -- you name the social network and it's bursting with information about the demonstrations that have taken Egypt by storm in the past few days.

Could Yemen be reaching a tipping point? Photo: <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/ahron/148333784/">Ahron de Leeuw (flickr)</a>

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Will Development Aid Change Yemen's Future?

Once called “Arabia Felix” or “happy arabia” by the Romans, today Yemen is the poorest country in the Middle East.

The average age of marriage for Yemeni girls is 12 or 13. Photo: <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/brajeshwar/267605589/"> Brajeshwar (flickr)</a>

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Child brides speak out

An article last week by the International Herald Tribune reported how Arwa Abdu Muhammad ran out of her husband’s house to a local hospital in Yemen, where she said her husband had beat and raped her for the

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What's to Blame for High Food Prices?

It is startling clear that high food prices are affecting citizens globally. National Public Radio has created a series highlighting the stories of individuals affected by the new food prices.